Texture Without Colour by Maggie Ayres Texture Without Colour by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 84 seconds

Shape and form can be created by both colour and texture. Sometimes I like to work completely in white, as the focus is then entirely on the texture created, and the way different lighting accentuates this

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Altered Images by Maggie Ayres Altered Images by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 91 seconds

How an initial photograph of an interesting texture or shape, once enhanced and manipulated, can lead to a further source of inspiration in my work as shadows and forms produce more hidden worlds to explore and develop

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Hidden Worlds in Silk Painting by Maggie Ayres Hidden Worlds in Silk Painting by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 96 seconds

Painting on silk is about the flow and movement of colour, light and form. Using paint, water and salt the colours spread in unpredictable ways, revealing hidden worlds.

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Cocoons by Maggie Ayres Cocoons by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 106 seconds

The thoughts and techniques behind the creation of cocoons, or textured forms, by textile and mixed media artist, Maggie Ayres

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Constructed Textiles by Maggie Ayres Constructed Textiles by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 98 seconds

Construction is a building process, creating lines, form and layers that will make the finished piece a whole. This is what I do. But in the construction I am also caught up in the notions of disintegration, opening up and unravelling

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Maggie Ayres - Spring Fling 2008 Maggie Ayres - Spring Fling 2008
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Video duration: 68 seconds

Maggie Ayres is taking part in the Spring Fling 2008 open studio event in Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

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Connection by Maggie Ayres Connection by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 101 seconds

The making of a piece of artwork involving felt and stitching on painted canvas

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Flow - an exhibition by Maggie Ayres of mixed media art Flow - an exhibition by Maggie Ayres of mixed media art
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Video duration: 95 seconds

Mixed-media artist Maggie Ayres is exhibiting at the Tolbooth Art Centre in Kirkcudbright from the 28th November until the 8th December 2007. The new exhibition is entitled "Flow".

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Green and Blue by Maggie Ayres Green and Blue by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 76 seconds

Green and Blue are the colours I feel most comfortable with

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Working With Silk Tops by Maggie Ayres Working With Silk Tops by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 96 seconds

The first time that I set eyes on silk "tops" at a craft exhibition in Glasgow. The stall was set out with a myriad of colours and textures; little bags of silks in amazing jewel-like hues. It was like finding a lost piece to a jigsaw puzzle.

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Mussels and Scrim by Maggie Ayres Mussels and Scrim by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 94 seconds

How a trip to the beach inspired an artwork with silk fibres, muslin, scrim and stitching.

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Which Way Up? by Maggie Ayres Which Way Up? by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 103 seconds

When artwork is abstract rather than representational, the question can sometimes arise, "Which way up should I display this?"

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Velvet by Maggie Ayres Velvet by Maggie Ayres
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Video duration: 91 seconds

How I use velvet in mixed media and textile art

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